Jerry Remy, who promises to remain in the Red Sox broadcast booth despite the controversy swirling over his family's efforts to keep his son, Jared, out of jail despite years of charges of domestic violence and other crimes, both defended his actions and admitted his failure Friday morning.

"I don't know if I'd do things differently. I really don't," Remy told WEEI radio. "We did the best we possibly could. We failed. It's that plain and simple."

Jared Remy has pleaded not guilty to fatally stabbing Jennifer Martel at their apartment in Waltham on Aug. 15.

Jerry Remy's defense and admission comes days after a searing article in the Boston Globe documented how Jared Remy skirted the court system for years with the help of a high-powered attorney paid for by his father and mother.

"I think a lot of families would've done the same thing," Remy said. "Others would not have. Others would have thrown him out on the street. What are we guilty of? We're guilty of getting him lawyers when he was in trouble."

Remy has received public support from NESN and Red Sox owner John Henry in the week since the article appeared, resisting a vocal cry on social media to replace him.

"I've told him, all of us in Red Sox Nation stand behind him," Henry told NewsCenter 5. "It's a terrible thing he's been going through, but we're really glad to have him back."

Remy said he plans to stay in the booth throughout the season, even with an October trial date for his son in the death of Martel.

"Did we enable him? Yes. We paid for lawyers," Remy told WEEI. "We paid for psychiatrists. We paid for the help that we thought he needed."